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Roman Pavlyuchenko: Why won't Harry Redknapp let me leave
when I never play for Tottenham Hotspur
By Ashley Gray
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Roman Pavlyuchenko Photo dailymail.co.uk
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Roman Pavlyuchenko has pleaded with Harry Redknapp to stop
making fun of him before he becomes a forgotten man.
The Tottenham Hotspur striker is baffled that his boss refused an offer
from Lokomotiv Moscow, despite hardly calling on the 28-year-old this
season.
Pavlyuchenko is heartened by support from the White Hart Lane faithful,
but believes he has no future at the club who paid ?13.8million for him
after Euro 2008.
Lokomotiv Moscow claim Spurs chiefs were happy to sell them Pavlyuchenko
this week, only for Redknapp to block a deal till the summer.
'Sometimes I have a feeling that Redknapp is just making fun of me,' he
told Russian newspaper Sport Express. 'I told him that this can not go
on, since I wouldn't help my team with sad thoughts in my mind.
'I need to play football, otherwise people will have only memories of
the footballer Pavlyuchenko and they won't need him anymore.
'Lokomotiv made really worthy offer and if I sit on the sub's bench they
won't offer the same sum in summer.'
Redknapp has remained an admirer, despite the striker making public his
desire to return to Russia, and Robbie Keane was offloaded to Celtic on
loan in the summer at the expense of Pavlyuchenko leaving the club.
Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe are Spurs favoured frontline partnership,
restricting the import to just four Barclays Premier League appearances
from the bench this season.
When Pavlyuchenko asked to leave in August, he was convinced that he still
had a role to play in north London, but injuries have compounded a continuing
lack of opportunities.
'Redknapp said that I would play for sure,' he said. 'As the result I
featured in six or seven games having 10 minutes of playing time. I am
absolutely sure that it will be the same in the next three months.
'I don't see any future for myself in Tottenham. They are a really big
club with super fans, who liked me, however I think it's the end of the
affair, not with the team but with the head coach.'
Birmingham came closest to agreeing a fee with Spurs in the January transfer
window, but Pavlyuchenko has his heart set on a return to Russia. Liverpool,
West Ham and Fulham also expressed and interest in taking him on loan.
Dailymail.co.uk,
17th February 2010
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